Month: February 2017

With the dust of the desert swirling around him, eyes grimly squinted against the afternoon sun, sitting atop a horse; Clint Eastwood comes into view, ambling into a Western town, and very well into your heart.

The term heartthrob bad boy was coined for Clint Eastwood. As the main hero of more than 50 films, Clint Eastwood is considered to be a cultural icon of masculinity.

However, even with the bad boy title to his name, Eastwood’s reputation in Hollywood is hardly that of a bad man. On the contrary, aside from being a true old-fashioned gentleman, Eastwood is considered to be hardworking, humble and honest about his opinions.

In short, Clint Eastwood is a gentleman who knows how to exude that sense of subtle danger that excites the thrill-seeker within us.

Learning about Clint Eastwood

According to his profile on Celebrities Galore, Clint Eastwood is exactly how you may think him to be. Practical, down-to-earth and determined, Eastwood is a stickler for perfection and works hard to achieve his goals. Even though he has achieved enormous fame, Eastwood understands the risks of letting his wealth and popularity get to his head. This is why he makes an extra effort to show people the rewards of overcoming adversity through hard work and honest living.

Not your typical idealist, Eastwood also sees the world for what it is. Yet he still believes that through mutual understanding and justice, the world can become a better place. Essentially, Eastwood possesses the personality of a builder, someone who believes in establishing a solid foundation with honesty and justice as the building blocks.

Reputation in Hollywood

The whole world knows Eastwood to be an immensely talented actor and director. But in Hollywood, that is accompanied by another term, stubborn.

Set in his own ways, Eastwood is known by many to be a very stubborn and traditional man, one who sees any type of change in his pattern of thinking as weakness. Although he doesn’t mean to be, Eastwood can at times come off as bossy and rude, but that is mainly because of his rigidity in ideas and his harsh and quick judgment.

Nevertheless, even with such reasons, Eastwood does his best to maintain his reputation as a gentleman. And while he pushes hard to make people work their hardest, his efforts inevitably make other people work even more to please him through their performance.

It is no wonder that so many of Eastwood’s movies win awards for performance in different fields.

Conclusion

Eastwood, while stubborn and traditional is a man worth knowing. Through his experience and thinking, the man has helped make many an artist’s career. And throughout, he has maintained his reputation as a hard working bad boy with a heart of gold.

Talented, graceful and hardworking, Heath Ledger was an idol for many men and women who wanted to make a name in Hollywood.

Alas, his time was cut short when at the age of 28, Ledger was found dead in his SoHo apartment. The cause was an accidental overdose due to combined effects of several anti-anxiety and sleeping pills along with several other pills.

With such a tragic end for such a talented individual, we take some time out and delve into the life of a man who was taken from us too soon.

Here, we offer our insight into the mind through our celebrity encyclopedia and struggles of this great actor and how he must have lived his life in the last days.

Understanding Heath Ledger

Even as a child, Ledger’s parents stated that he was an active child. Always working, always moving and always searching for more to do, Ledger didn’t give himself time to rest.

As a teenager, Ledger took drama classes where he discovered he was talented. However, his fellow classmates did not acknowledge his talent. But this only made him work even harder to achieve his goal. His first break was in Blackrock, from where he took part in various other roles, which took him to Hollywood.

It was there that Ledger got his role in Two Hands and his career took off from there.

Throughout this time, Ledger became popular for two major things that highlighted his career; his immersion in every role he was given, and his drug addiction.

Ledger’s Dive into Addiction

It’s evident by Ledger’s profile that his need for solitude and working alone pushed him into anxiety. Ledge felt that he could best contemplate his ideas without any intrusion from other people’s thoughts. However, this resulted in difficulty when it came to forming close associations with other people, especially marriage.

Nevertheless, because he was an in-demand actor, Ledger wasn’t able to get the space and privacy he needed, and that further pushed him into great frustration and irritation, much to the chagrin of those close to him, i.e. his family.

In fact, on the night of his death, Ledger had talked to his sister who wanted him to not take so many medicines and was worried for his health. But Ledger assured her he knew what he was doing. A few hours later, he was dead.

Because of his need for solitude, Ledger leaned towards drugs and addiction to cope and that was what pushed him over the edge.

Sense of Immersion

It should also be noted that Ledger was an intense individual. He had great potential for growth and success in his life because of his ability to learn, analyze and seek the deeper answers to life’s more important question. However, because of his quest for answers, Ledger often forgot his connection to his own personality and self.

His extensive study into the mind of The Joker for his iconic role in “The Dark Knight Rises” is testament to that fact.

In truth, when Ledger was found, his journals and studies were also recovered from his apartment, all of which spoke of his connection to the character of Joker. They showed the world the reason behind his powerful performances—his powerful need and ability to completely immerse into the mind of a fictional person who needed to be immortalized by his acting.

The Loss of an Icon

Heath Ledger’s career was just beginning so it was a major loss for the world of show business that we lost him so early on.

Yet, Heath Ledger’s profile quite clearly tells us that his personality was in conflict with himself. In the end, we can only learn from his life and try to emulate his sense of curiosity and coalesce it with our connection to other people, something which Ledger unfortunately lacked.

Is it their accolades, their efforts to achieve greatness or their personality that inspires others to follow in their footsteps?

Success and winning mean something different to everyone. They offer satisfaction in situations where even the smallest achievements can make us feel like we’ve conquered the world.

That situation can be anything; from getting a high score in a test, to winning an award for a performance that highlights the struggles of a long career.

Whatever they may be, they produce a certain sensation for the winner—that of a warrior.

The Warriors in Performing Arts

At Celebrities Galore, we seek the truth behind the star factor of superstars. What provides them with such success that the world considers them as the bright specimens of incomparable performances in arts?

In search of the answer, we decided to take five examples from this year’s Oscar nominations. Here are the five nominees for the best actor in a leading role.

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Manchester by the Sea casts Casey Affleck as a character who exudes a sense of reluctant responsibility, one which he gradually works himself into. Such characters require actors to act as human as possible, at the same time presenting a strong personality that speaks to the compassionate soul. Casey Affleck’s own personality is true for that role.

Casey Affleck has an enormous talent and compassion which he is able to utilize when performing. Because of his grounded personality, Affleck is also able to present his connection with typical human nature, something that not many people are able to relate with. Because of this, Casey has the potential for success.

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Andrew Garfield is a beloved actor for his humanizing performances, even as a swinging superhero in Spiderman. However, it is his unforgettable performance as the conscientious objector Desmond T. Doss that cements his role as an Oscar-worthy actor.

Based on a true story, Hacksaw Ridge required Andrew Garfield to establish a solid foundation with his role, one that would respectfully pay homage to the life of a man who saved 75 men during one of the bloodiest battle of WWII. Because of this, Garfield channeled his down-to-earth ways and sense for justice to present the correct image. This emulation of the true war hero is a rare feat to accomplish.

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Ryan Gosling is multi-talented, resilient and motivated to find his niche in life, just like his character in La La Land.

Even though he was a child star, Ryan Gosling was a late bloomer and really hit his mark after appearing in The Notebook and Crazy Stupid Love. Though, this was a lucky shot for him, since each character he played required him to put his own personality to the task. La La Land is a potential Oscar winner, though his win for the movie hugely depends on his successful portrayal of an aspect of his own personality.

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic is a film about making a better life for the people you love. Viggo Mortensen portrays this role with grace. Mortensen has the ability to virtually draw life into any role he is assigned. He strives to inspire others to emulate his efforts and through this, he encourages others to give their all, thereby producing an in-depth film that touches the hearts of all who watch it.

Through Mortensen’s continual guidance, his role and that of others allows the audience to connect with him, thus creating a powerful performance that none can replicate.

Denzel Washington, Fences

‘Fences’ is a transcending tale of rights, lost dreams and the fierce connection between a family that struggles to live, even with little means.

With such a complex character on the line, Denzel Washington is the only person who can pull off such a role. Washington has a unique sense of sensitivity and understanding of the situation and people involved therein. He is emotionally balanced and compassionate. That gives him enough knowledge to portray the role with the power it needs. His understanding is what makes him a potential winner.

What do you think?

By taking their information from our celebrity encyclopedia, we have an acute understanding of the chances each of these actors has.

Though only one will win; looking at the information above, it is clear that each of these fine men have what it takes to be a true winner.